#CD42A5#CD42A5

#CD42A5 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.203 H 341.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42A5
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(317, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(317, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 64.23, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 68.62, 339.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1919 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.203 341.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9175, 19.5954, 37.5860)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42A5 #42CD6A

analogous

#AF42CD #CD42A5 #CD425F

triadic

#CD42A5 #A5CD42 #42A5CD

tetradic

#CD42A5 #CDAF42 #42CD6A #425FCD

square

#CD42A5 #CDAF42 #42CD6A #425FCD

split-complementary

#CD42A5 #5FCD42 #42CDAF

monochromatic

#761F5D #A62C83 #CD42A5 #DA72BC #E7A3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CD42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD42A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42A5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42A5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.203 341.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081c0',
    500: '#cd42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42a5;
$custom-light: #e081c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.266,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60753,
    "c": 0.20257,
    "h": 341.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42A5

secondary

#97D3A9

accent

#E17346

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCEFF7

border

#D5CAD0

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42A5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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